“Following the initial shock of the reveal, ‘Blood Lines’ does not shy away from delving into the emotional impact of the revelation, and situates it within the ongoing, decades-long context of Indigenous children being separated from their families.”

This university system is getting rid of programs they deem to be centred on sexual orientation and gender identity.

The Prime Minister’s remarks on Parliament Hill were a lot of talk, but not much action.

Hayley Kiyoko’s new movie tries to recapture the magic of the mid-2010s music video it’s based on. But time has dulled its revolutionary edge

I share my trans clients' fears and struggles. They help me as much as I help them.

New research from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that nearly three out of every four LGBTQ2S+ customers are buying less from companies perceived as reducing inclusion commitments.

Through a lecture series and syllabus, UBC’s JP Catungal encourages discussions about what Shane Hollander’s Japanese-Canadian identity means in the world of “‘Heated Rivalry."

The @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social has given Xtra this year's Excellence in Bisexual Coverage Award for the story “Bisexuality and the right wing." You can read the story here: www.nlgja.org/blog/2026/06... xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Richard Oswald’s "Different from the Others" is considered one of the first sympathetic portrayals of gay men on film. It was nearly erased from history

“There is none of the bite or self-certainty that defined the peak of Kiyoko’s career. Nor is there the bold optimism and unabashed queerness of that mid–to-late-2010s era of Sapphic representation, when Kiyoko earned her title as Lesbian Jesus.”

In the Anglican Church’s long march toward a more inclusive version of itself, fantasies abound.

Carly Rae Jepsen announced her new double album, ‘Day and Night,’ is coming out this fall. Check out E•MO•TEN, our celebration of her landmark album E•MO•TION.

Big news: Xtra has won the @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social Excellence in Bisexual Coverage Award for the story “Bisexuality and the right wing." Congrats to writer Lois Shearing and editor @cohaug.bsky.social on their win! You can read the announcement in full here: www.nlgja.org/blog/2026/06...

Women’s sports are booming in North America. Canada’s first WNBA team is meeting the moment. @thefrankiedlc.news on how the Toronto Tempo are winning over queer hearts and minds.

Blake Harris was so committed to turning Van Goth into a star that she began to overtake his life.

In our conversations, I’ve learned that gender has felt like a prison to my family too.

Kiss-ins have been used as a nonviolent form of activism since the 1970s.

In 1981, Toronto police arrested nearly 300 gay men as part of a six-month undercover operation called “Operation Soap.” 45 years later, we take a look back.

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

“Maddie’s Secret” balances the absurdity of the food-influencer sphere with the startling gravity of Maddie’s eating disorder

Photographer Peter Hujar’s work revelled in eroticism, pain and the thin line between life and death.

Read our award-winning investigation about an online scam targeting global activists.

Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel tracks the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s decades-long New England romance.

Queer life coaches promise to support people in coming out, dating and finding community. But the reviews are mixed.

Duane Michals redefined what was possible in fine art photography.

The drag phenom’s run complicated our idea of what a reality TV villain could be. She tells Xtra about clawing her way to the top—and her fight for what comes next

Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel tracks the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s decades-long New England romance

"Some of the windows were AI. There was only one AI shot or two AI shots of the train, the rest are CG. Most of the CG is the train, then out the windows is mostly AI."

In “Maddie’s Secret,” John Early balances comedy and melodrama with a sincere representation of eating disorders

“I feel like [Van Goth] is a character, a persona. It’s a business. I can clock in and clock out of it in a way that I didn’t feel like I could beforehand.” Our profile of the Season 6 #CanadasDragRace winner 💫 xtramagazine.com/culture/van-...

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

Duane Michals pushed the boundaries of what was possible in fine art photography

Despite the ease he feels as Van Goth, Blake Harris is already thinking about when her reign as #CanadasDragRace champion will end. “It’s a really weird mind fuck ... because you have to start planning what it’s going to be like when you give up the crown.”

Through the care and energy of Tillie Walden's pen, Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake emerge from these pages with an immediacy and vivaciousness that makes it hard to believe that they lived out their entwined lives almost 200 years ago.

The series was the centrepiece of a homoerotic middle-school friendship. As I got older, I turned to it for much-needed release

Tillie Walden’s new graphic novel tracks the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake’s decades-long New England romance

Researchers looked at 445 youth diagnosed with gender dysphoria who were seen at four youth gender clinics across Canada between 2012 and 2017.

These days, everyone has a line that they draw personally when it comes to AI.

Women’s sports are booming in North America. Canada’s first WNBA team is meeting the moment @tempobasketball.bsky.social

A group of Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later

Xtra won gold at the Canadian Association of Journalists's annual awards gala. We won in the Online Media category under Investigations. Huge congratulations to writer Rob Csernyik and the team who worked on this. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Did you know that high-fives have a gay origin story?

When LGBTQ2S+ people are driven out of our religious spaces by exclusion and abuse, we lose more than just access to institutional resources. We lose our religious homes and, with those, our claim to the religious experiences that those homes make possible.

"Urania" imagined a world beyond gender more than a century ago

Gladys Bentley was a gender outlaw during a time that wasn’t quite ready to accept her

Women’s sports are booming in North America. Canada’s first WNBA team is meeting the moment

Prior to releasing a statement addressing accusations of AI use in ‘Stop! That! Train!,’ Shankman had spoken to Xtra about using AI in concert with traditional computer-generated images and stock footage

This production of "Edward II" would lead to the first gay kiss shown on television in the U.K.

Religion is a deeply ambiguous force in today’s world: capable of leading people to beautiful acts of inclusion and welcome—and terrible acts of discrimination and violence.

10 years after the horrific Pulse nightclub shooting, we revisit our interview with survivor, activist and author Brandon Wolf.